Hydrant and other valve



y 1935- L. LOETSCHER HYDRANT AND OTHER VALVE Filed Sept. 29, 1954 INVENTOR ATTOR Inga/lamb W V- Patented July 2, 1935 a c 2 ,006,900 iirnnau'r AND OTHER VALVE Lymanlloetscher, Livingston, Mont; assig nor'of H one-half to' Eric S. Bremner, Billings, Mont.

Application sept ber zs, lash-seri l No. 746,249

4 Claims. (01. 137-13) This invention relates to improvements in valve member l3 from below when said member valves, and its objects are as follows:- 7 is open; flows-upwardlycand out of, the pipe l; First, to provide astop and waste valve, com- Thelower portion of the valve member has openmonly called a-hydrant valve,the principle of ings, l6. These are shown as longitudinal slots 5 whichhis capable of embodiment in othertypes running with the axis of the valve member. 5 ofjvalves, for instance globe valves and faucets. The openings may be of designs otherthan slots second, to provide a valve in which the flow without departing from the principle of opera-. of water or other fluid is shut off before the valve tion, but th'ejslots are herein adoptedbecause, they member is fully closed. a, alford the most ample water or otherfluidinlets.

Third, to provide a valve in which thewaste The z ne f p nin sisapp ma y as long passage is closed either immediately upon or as half the length of the valve member, the lower shortly after moving the valve member toward line 11 of the zonei'stopp hort ofthe closure the open position, said passage being open while head I8 of the valve so as to leavera cylindrically the, valve member is in the closed position'to enintact Portion l9 a j ce t'to' e head and be- 5- able, the drainage of waste water and prevent tween the head and 10Wer1i118 AS the the freezing of th water in t pipe above t i is operated, the valve member 13 is bodily moved frost line. 1, V V down and up to open andclosethe valve;

Other; objects and jadvantages ili j Acompjression collar-'20 has a, bore 2|. for the the following specification, reference beinghad valve member I 3, the here being coversized wit 20 to the accompanyingvdmwingm which respect tothe-diameter of the valve member so 20 Figure 1 is a side elevation of theimproved as to Provide a wasteT'passage' :thlough'which valve. I v e I a v e a water orgother, fluid candrain from the pipeline Figure 2 is a vertical section ofthe-valve taken above when the Valve member is fully closed The on t 2 f Figure 1, showingihe valv collar'20 screws into a: valve body 22. and com- 26 member: in the closedposition. pressesthe fiangeof a leather'or other packing 23 25 3: -Figure13 is a similar sectional view show g upon the enlarged-rim compr-essionvcsleeve thelvalve membgr in the open position; 25.: The valve body ,carriesthe, pivotal mounting Figure 415a plan View of the valve, a t b llpreviouslyreferred to. ,This is'in the form of f in Section v v a screws'which aredriven-into the valve body.

-In-,carryi ng out the invention, provision'ismade Thisyslee-ve is Situated i Valve body 39.

of an operating lever l which'is intended to be which io is fhade Q The body'ha's manually operated formoving the valve member a a i u a f -l he DU PPS V of 3 i to open andclosed positions; It .is'conceivable Wre c I? mme atrthe P wm 1h 7 that the levercan be operated mechanically, but t h f iq P1 9 1 w r h r m? this is a variation which does not have to be con- Standard plpe fiffitmg Water r h fluid sidered here. 'lhislever'is pivoted at 2 on a moventers at the plpe fittmg upwards able fulcrum 3 which partakes of the movement f h q l p P?'- Y Tammi u h fi necessary to accommodate the action of the lever f a' to preovlde a Shoulder A paclFmg I by Virtue of being pivotally mounted at The similar to 23, rests on the shoulder, and is com- 40 operating lever is pivoted to the trunnions 5 of pressed thereupon by the Sleeve h the 40 a collar 6, the lever I being forked at 1 (Fig 4) collar 20 is screwed home. The packings 23, 30

- are hereinafter known as the upper and lower $3252 the purpses the pmts z and mm packings. It is between them and on the wan A ring 8 has a circular terminal flange 9 (Fig. 2) of the P P the sleeve 25 that the Valve memwhich is annularly grooved at I 0 to contain a her 1s Shdabh? corresponding rib II on the inside of the collar 6. It 15 to he Observed that the Openings are Thi 11 i d i t parts (Fig 4), d of less axial extent than the farthest spaced apart when these are clamped together at I 2 the reends of the upper and lower packings 23, 30. sultingly continuous collar together with the ring This provision insures a shutting off of the fluid 8 provides a connection between the lever l and flow prior to the full closing of the valve member a tubular valve member l3. l3. This preliminary shutting occurs when the The upper end of this member is screwed into lower line I! of the zone of openings passes the the lower end of the bore of the ring 8 as at I4. bottom of the skirt 3| in the upward travel of the An outlet pipe I5 is screwed into the upper end of valve member. At such time" the head l8 has r the bore. Water or other fluid enteringv the as yet not engaged a leather seat and final stop as in Figure 2. At that time the packing 3| and stop 32 provide a double seal for the valve, either one being capable of preventing water or other fluid from passing into and through the valve.

Reverting to the openings IE, it is to be observed that the upper line 33 of the zone of openings extends above the top of the upper packing 23 when the valve is fully closed (Fig. 2). Communicationis then had with a slightly enlarged chamber 34 from which the oversized bore 2| branches oif. Drainage occurs from the inside of the valve member l3 into the passage 2|, letting out waste water from the pipe line above and preventing freezing as previously pointed. out.

The operation is readily understood. As long as the valve member l3 remains in the closed position (Fig. 2) there is an absolute double seal-off at the bottom because of the two packings 3|, 32, and a drainage through the waste passage 2i as long as there is a head of water in the pipe line and valve member above the upper packing 23.

Opening of the valve is accomplished by raising the lever I. This depresses the valve member I3. The amount of water or other fluid permitted to pass through the valve is regulated by the amount of raising of the lever. The latter can be raised far enough to fully open the valve (Fig. 3), final opening being limited by the bottom of the flange 9 striking the top of the collar 20. The initial unseating or the head 3 does not start the flow of water. It is not until the lower line H of the zone of openings passes the bottom of the skirt 3| of the lower packing 30 that water commences to flow.

Considering the operation in the reverse order, the flow of water is out off between I! and 31 before the head l8 engages the final stop 32.

The advantage in this lies in the fact that the iinal seal-off is made in the absence of a flowing current which might possibly carry with it enough sediment to injure the sealing surfaces in the closing action.

Inasmuch as the ring I responds to the motions of the collar 6 when the lever l is worked as described, it follows that the 'motions of the'pipe IS must be accommodated. Hydrant valves usually are set in a box (not shown) about three feet square so that a workman can get down below the frost line to make repairs to valves if necessary. This box has a trap door on top through which a hose may be attached to the pipe I 5, allowing the foregoing motion. In practice a suitable kind of a guide, fastened to the box, canrbe provided for the pipe I5.

I claim: 7

, 32, which it does when the valve is fully closed upper and lower packings spaced apart, and a tubular valve member and means for sliding it to open and closed positions in the packings, said member having a closure head for the lower end and at least one opening occupying a zone of such extent that the bottom of the opening moves into the lower packing for a seal-off before the top of the opening passes out of the upper packing, the top of said opening extending above the upper packing when the valve member is in a fully closed position and having communication with the atmosphere.

upper and lower packings spaced apart, a tubular valve' member. and means for sliding it in the packings to open and closed position, said member having a closure head for the lower end and at least one opening the extent of which is less than the distance between the farthest spaced apart ends of the packings so that the top of the opening is exposed above the upper packing while the bottom of the opening is sealed off in the lower packing when the valve body is fully closed, and means attached to the body by which the packings are held in place, said means having a bore oversized with respect to the valve member to provide a waste passage with which the exposed and of said opening is adapted to communicate.

3. A valve comprising a valve body having an internal shoulder, a compression sleeve and upper and lower packings at its respective upper and lower ends, a collar fastened to the body for compressing thepacking and sleeve assemblage against the shoulder, a tubular valve member and means for sliding it in the sleeve and packing assemblage, saidmember having at least one opening occurring within the assemblage, and having a-closure head situated beneath the body, said collar having a bore oversized with respect to the valve member to-provide a waste passage'communicating with said opening when the valve member is closed, and a seat on the body then engaged by the closure head. 4. A hollow valve member and an outlet pipe, 9. ring by which said member and pipe are joined in fluid communication, means to move the ring and thereby move said member and pipe as a unit to open and closed positions of said valve member, a valve body in which said member is movable and which has a seat with which the member coacts to assume said positions, and means both in the valve member and body through which a head of fluid in the pipe is adapted to drain when the valve member is in the closedposition.

LYMAN LOETSCHER.

1. A valve comprising a valve body having fixed 

